Touring - Mexico Bound SS

Hi this is my first time posting made neccecary by the fact that I am going to be riding my bike from my home in Victoria BC to Mexico via the Pacific Coast Highway.
I have a few questions for you guys.
I am going to try this ride on a single speed bike and am unsure of the wheel size that would be most suited to this ride.
2nd: Do you guys think this is a possible trip averaging 150km a day?
3rd: Is it neccesary to put bags up front or if all my camping gear fits on the back?
Side note I am a 20yr old fit rider that has no problem doing 220km in a day on my road bike.

Wow! I admire your determination. If you actually do it, you'll be a legend in these parts.

Do you ride 220km/day on the remote, hilly parts of Vancouver Island? Carrying 20kg of stuff up steep climbs? On a single speed??? Wow....!!!

But I can't imagine anyone endorsing a single-speed for 3000km on the Pacific Coast Highway. There are long, tough hills (not the mountains you might find in the Rockies, but tough hills nonetheless). If you're fit and determined and you like -- ahem -- "challenges", then you can conquer them. At that point, wheel size would be insignificant. But at the very least, the terrain will cut down your goal of 150km/day. Even with touring gears/derailleurs, tourers usually do 80-100km/day (for the leisurely types), or 90-120km/day (for the young and energetic). Still, plan on a day off the bike at least once a week for rest.

Here's another thread (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=107515) about gearing on the West Coast.

For a full load (food/clothes/camping gear/etc.), you should try to balance the weight; say 60% back and 40% front. Putting too much weight on the back can have adverse effects on handling -- e.g., shimmy or steering problems. Camping gear usually puts you past the limit of carrying everything on the back. Sure, people have done it, but the bike is much more stable if you split the load and carry front panniers. One obvious problem is that the more you pile on the back, the higher the center of gravity; you'll be much more stable if you keep the CoG low.

-- Mark

This guy did a cross country, fully loaded on this setup....

http://www.fixedgeargallery.com/2005/feb/taylor.htm

There's also a guy who rode fixed down to Mexico. If memory serves, he met a nice woman, and decided to stay for a while. He does some nice wood carvings (primarily Santas) using ?driftwood to help make some money.

-Darn. If I find the link to his site I'll post it.

[Edit] Adding: Found it, SS not fixed my..."bad". Still a good read though:Click here (http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/journal/?o=0&doc_id=339&v=0)

Click here (http://www.seangrady.com/home-carvings.html) to check out his carvings. Good stuff...and the holidays are just around the corner...